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<p>Kirby Wilbur is the new Republican Party chairman in Washington, unseating former state lawmaker Luke Esser&nbsp;over the weekend in a party's leadership vote. The former KVI talk radio host <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2014008711_wilbur_unseats_esser_as_wsrp_c.html">beat Esser by a vote of 69 to 36</a>, with seven votes for Puyallup Republican Bill Rennie, according to The Seattle Times' Jim Bruener.</p><p>Despite GOP gains in the state, Wilbur told the Times <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014009442_republicans23m.html">t</a><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014009442_republicans23m.html">he party's advances should have been bigger</a>:&nbsp;</p><p>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:59:38 +0000KPLU News Staff629 at http://www.kplu.org